She ran up the mountain early in the morning. Seeing everyone busy in an orderly manner, she walked up to the village head.
She probed, "Village head, how much longer will it take for you to finish the work here? Haven't you lost anyone?"
"I don't know. The project is quite large. Don't come up here casually, okay?" The village head frowned. "And, lost anyone? What do you mean? Everyone here is fine. What are you thinking?"
"Got it. I was just asking."
Qi Meng was a bit indignant. She had only been watching from the side and couldn't even get inside.
But it was good that no one had noticed the woman was missing. As long as a few more days passed, no one would suspect her.
"Village head, my parents are waiting for me. I'll go down first."
The village head didn't suspect anything. "Hurry back then."
"Okay—"
Qi Meng turned around and bumped into someone head - on. Looking into the woman's familiar yet cold eyes, Qi Meng felt a chill down her spine.
She was so scared that she sat down on the ground and kept backing away.
It was her!
It was actually the woman she had pushed down yesterday.
How could she be okay after falling from such a high place?
"Miss Qi, what are you afraid of?"
"Don't come closer. Are you a human or a ghost?!"
Qi Meng was only fifteen. It was the first time she had encountered such a thing and was almost on the verge of crying.
"Qi Meng, what's wrong with you? What nonsense are you talking?"
The village head also felt something was off and reached out to help Qi Meng up.
Qi Meng waved her hands around in fear. "Don't touch me. It wasn't me!"
"Qi Meng?!"
"Could she have run into an evil spirit? After all, this place is..."
"Don't talk nonsense. We've been here many times."
People who heard the commotion gathered around. They just thought Qi Meng's state was strange.
Shi Wan, who knew the truth, didn't say much. Instead, she walked towards Qi Meng with a smile and forcibly helped her up.
She whispered in Qi Meng's ear, "Are you very surprised that I'm not dead?"
Although she was smiling, Qi Meng could clearly feel the coldness in her eyes.
"No... I'm sorry. I didn't mean it."
Qi Meng burst into tears. Her heart - rending appearance made it seem as if someone had bullied her.
"I want to go down the mountain. I don't want to stay here..."
The village head thought she had seen something and was afraid that she might really get scared sick. He quickly found someone to take her down.
Shi Wan withdrew the smile from her face and looked at Qi Meng coldly.
Qi Meng, who happened to look back and meet her eyes, burst into tears again after finally stopping.
Bai Shaoyuan, seeing this, joked, "Wanwan, what's wrong with her? She looks at you as if she's seen a ghost."
"Isn't it just like she's seen a ghost?" Shi Wan withdrew her gaze and smiled. "Maybe she has a guilty conscience."
"Maybe she really does."
He didn't hear the first part of Shi Wan's words clearly and only vaguely heard something about a ghost.
On the way down the mountain, Qi Meng thought something was wrong as she looked at the big sun in the daytime.
"What's wrong with Shi Wan from your team?"
How could a ghost not be afraid of the sun?
Moreover, the hand that had grabbed her just now clearly had body temperature...
Damn it. That woman had been playing tricks on her again!
She was actually fine!
Qi Meng, who knew the truth, almost turned back.
"Shi Wan? Is it that incredibly beautiful little girl? She's a nice person, but she has a bit of an ice - queen vibe."
Qi Meng didn't want to listen anymore. Anyway, Shi Wan must have gone back.
"Hey, why are you walking so fast? Are you okay?"
"I'm okay." Qi Meng said with a straight face. "You guys go back first."
The two still accompanied her down the mountain. The little girl was young but had quite a temper.
On the other side, Shi Wan and the others were doing the finishing work.
"Ah—"
"What's wrong?"
"Why is this broken?"
Hearing the sound of something breaking, everyone gathered around anxiously.
These things were all antiques. If one of them was broken, they couldn't afford the responsibility.
"Student Shi, I can understand that you've only taken a few days of courses, but if you don't know how to do it, you can just sit and watch. Don't cause trouble, okay?"
A man wearing glasses scolded.
His righteous appearance really made it seem as if Shi Wan had done something wrong.
"Wasn't it because you didn't hold it steady?" Shi Wan met his gaze fearlessly. "We were so far apart, and you still blame it on me. Why don't you say it was someone else?"
The man's face stiffened. "You weren't standing there just now."
Seeing this, someone carefully picked up the thing. After checking, he said, "It's okay. It's inevitable to accidentally bump into things. As long as you're careful, it'll be fine."
The man said reluctantly, "No matter how careful we are, we can't stop some people who don't know anything from causing trouble."
Shi Wan's eyes darkened. Before she could say anything, the person who had just spoken couldn't help but say, "Whether it was Student Shi who bumped into it or not, we can just check, right?"
"Check? How can you check? There's no surveillance, and she won't admit it."
"Aren't there footprints?" The man glanced at him coldly. "Could Shi Wan have bumped into you from so far away? Did you throw it over or did she fall?"
The thing was okay, just a minor problem. Bullying a little girl relentlessly, don't blame them for being rude.
The man was left speechless. "Anyway, I just felt someone push me. She was so close to me..."
"Someone pushed you from the front? And you didn't even dodge? Are you stupid? You could say someone pushed you from behind, but Shi Wan was in front of you, not behind."
The man's round face turned red, not sure if it was from anger or shame.
Shi Wan looked at the man gratefully. "Thank you, senior."
"You're welcome." The man nodded. "I just can't stand people who can't do anything right but like to pick on others."
Everyone held back their laughter. Some couldn't help but laugh out loud, making the man's face even redder like a monkey's butt.
"Even if she didn't bump into me, I'm right. She's just a newbie. She can't even do things well but still comes to cause trouble. I heard she's a freshman, right?"
"So what?" The hot - tempered senior sister couldn't help it. "What our junior sister has done these days is obvious to all. Whether she's good or not isn't up to you to decide casually."
"That's true. After all, he only knows how to pick on others."
"You guys..."
The man was so angry that he was speechless. He looked at the others, hoping someone would speak up for him.
However, those people pretended not to see. Since no one took the lead to speak, no one else dared to.
The man was extremely angry. "Anyway, your educational background is there. Compared to us, you're still inexperienced. You should call us seniors."
"Not to mention, enough is enough, okay?" The man who had just spoken patted his shoulder. "Don't you see she's clenching her fists?"
Not to mention the students from Beinan University, they also disliked this man, but they were colleagues and would have to get along in the future.
Unless the person was fired.
The man glanced at the people opposite. His heart skipped a beat. "I'm warning you. I'm your senior. If you mess around, you'll..."